Durovernum Cantiacorum

Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (Latin: oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent.

It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour, which prompted a convergence of roads connected to the ports of Dubris (Dover), Rutupiae (Richborough), Regulbium (Reculver) and Portus Lemanis (Lympne).

A large religious and administrative complex was soon established at its centre, consisting of forum and basilica, temple enclosure and theatre.

Private buildings within the walls were originally of timber, but were later replaced with stone and some furnished with mosaic floors.

Because of its links with Gaul, Durovernum seems to have survived in good order until the Roman administration left around AD 410.

Plan of Durovernum, from The Saxon Cathedral at Canterbury and The Saxon Saints Buried Therein
Watling Street linked Britain to the rest of the Roman Empire .